Commitment to truth telling lays the groundwork for the openness and honesty that is the heartbeat of love.
Bell HooksThe world would be a paradise of peace and justice if global citizens shared a common definition of love which would guide our thoughts and action.
Bell HooksYesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the notion that if you create some magical art, somehow that exempts you from having to pay attention to the small things.
Bell HooksRemember, care is a dimension of love, but simply giving care does not mean we are loving.
Bell HooksIn patriarchal culture men are especially inclined to see love as something they should receive without expending effort. More often than not they do not want to do the work that love demands. When the practice of love invites us to enter a place of potential bliss that is at the same time a place of critical awakening and pain, many of us turn our backs on love.
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